The city’s Department of Buildings (DOB) is no match for Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC).

Earlier in June the company demolished a building at 622 Pacific Street despite a stop-work order and three other building code violations issued June 10. A fourth, for failing to comply with the stop-work order, was issued June 14. By that time FCRC had completed its demolition.

The penalty? FCRC will be fined up to $2,500 for each of the four violations.

(c) Independent Media Center. All content is free for reprint and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere,
for non-commercial use, unless otherwise noted by author. IMC not for content (expand this). more...